Hi,
I own a Nike and wanna change its "GUI". There are great skins available (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421944) but I want the Nike to be also as fast as possible, so which one is the fastest? Thanks a lot
PointUI home, is very fast - just uses quite alot of resources.
>> See more details about PointUI Home, click here
SPB mobile shell is also fast, but I find ulitmateluanch and throttle launcher the slowest.
UL is still my favorite. It's customizable and uses the least amount of resources.
I think it's homescreen++
Tried a bunch of them, and it's the lightest, fastest and most stable IMHO !
Homescreen++ isn't a shell, it's a today plugin
I tried them all, and each time I come back to Ultimate Launcher. It seems that it's the only program my Trinity can handle well.
Napbree said:
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well ultimatelaunch is a today plugin too dude !
I guess you're talking about fullscreen app, but that's not the question
Somehow I prefer the today plugin style because then I don't have to worry about red button taking me out of the launcher/UI/whatever.
I used UL and BatteryStatus (before it turned into Homescreen ++) but I found in general the full UI has better response. My favorite is Pointui but currently they're hanging in development so I'll wait till they come back to it.
I also use MortButtons now, strictly for program launcher.
i would say either htc home or battery status, both use very little resources
xboxhaxorz said:
i would say either htc home or battery status, both use very little resources
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Aren't we talking about shells tho?
What about yrgo, guys ? It is low memory application, quite fast, highly customizable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422190
http://www.2daysoft.com
http://www.2daysoft.com/yrgo/forum
Luky
I prefer Large HTC Home
It works good and no too much resources consumed, and in my fantastic 3.5" VGA screen looks very nice!
Cheers to all
yargo is vary customizable but dont know how far i can customize it. i like to use htc home with ul
Ive tried most of them but I always end up going right back to Ultimate Launcher.. My current setup is Homescreen++ as my main main screen in Ultimate laucher
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there seem to be much of Touch/Finger Friendly apps looming around..
how about a Finger Friendly application launcher? i know, Most, now uses HTC HOME as their all in all, time, profile and app launcher plugin.. but the HTC HOME launcher only permits 7 shortcuts and the icons are ugly, and shortcut name is not supported..
and for those who don't want their homescreen/todayscreen be eaten up by a 180 pixel high plugin (HTC HOME), maybe a better touch friendly launcher is a good approach..
how about a 40 pixel height single-row app launcher.. it can't go higher than that.. what makes it different? it can stack lots of shortcuts even it is on a single row..
HOW IT SHOULD LOOK?
initially it shows only 5 icons.. but if you swipe your finger left or right.. it moves or slides the icons and reveals other icons/shortcuts in the horizontal list (originally hidden off screen).. when you reach the end of the list, you are then looped back to the first icon.. much of a carousel.. maybe icons can be changed using TGA or PNG, and customizable shortcut names is applicable..
the concept saves a hell lot of Today Screen space (so faster to redraw) and is fun to use, also, it would be the first Today plugin to utilize the Touch drivers/concept..
how about it guys? if only i have programming prowess, i'll be the one to create this..
Good thought, but one thing i hate about the HTC Home is it is bog memory hooging application.
I want one with less memory consuming.
Very nice concept hope someone will take up this project.
Such thing exists already. Just google for RLTODAY. It's not only a clock, but also does a good job as launcher. Can be easily customized for any requirements.
I use clauncher, works great, icons the size you choose, tabs etc. but sometimes it doesn't appear after a sr. with wm6. Ilauncher is similar, but I think not free.
I second the vote for RLToday, highly vertasile, and very easy to use.
http://www.pdagold.com/software/detail.asp?s=1519
Hmm, I'll have to look into what famewolf posted, but I'm still a fan of either HTC Home or RLToday. I know a while ago there was a post on how to exactly duplicate the iPhone look with RlToday and some themes, but I believe it's been taked down due to copy right reasons by Apple.
yes i know and already used RLTODAY CLAUNCH and ILAUNCH.. the only drawback is, as i said earlier, is the todayscreen usage..
RLTODAY and ILAUNCH eats up today screen estate.. as you add additional icons, additional space is required and more columns are made.. imagine, if you want 16 shortcuts at 32-40pixels each, that means you will have 4 columns having 4-5 shortcuts each.. eating up almost 200pixels of today screen space..
separating the shortcuts in TABS, once again eats up space, for TABS eat about 16-24 pixels of estate and they are uber ugly.. added the fact that they are NOT FINGER FRIENDLY..
a feature i want to utilize in my concept is the DRAG AND SWIPE method.. USE TOUCH CONCEPT ON TODAY SCREEN!
USE ONLY 1 COLUMN OF SHORTCUTS and HORIZONTALLY SWIPE YOUR WAY TO THE LIST.. no need of itching the tabs..
and NO! (@famewolf) i think we don't need another AYEPHONE clone.. it's time we stick to what we have and THINK OF NEW CONCEPTS on how we utilize OUR own interface.. another FULLSCREEN AYEPHONE like launcher is another RAM killer and a launcher takes more time to load than the application you want launched is crazy..
The launcher I posted is the "whoneedsaniphone.com" launcher which uses flashlite 2.1(adobe flash). It leaves the today screen alone. It's been mentioned in multiple threads on this board.
@famewolf.. i appcreciate the reply and the link.. thanks..
yes i know WNAIP.. i've participated on the beta testing of that app (tried it more than once).. and that's my point.. it is a LAUNCHER application.. it is not a today screen plugin..
using a LAUNCHER APPLICATION means, you need to START the LAUNCHER first, before launching your desired application.. it takes more time and RAM.. and it runs on FLASH.. and rendered in full screen makes it more slower to redraw.. and as far as i can see.. it IS an IPHONE springboard (the original iphone launcher interface) clone.. and i can say for most that it is starting to become SICKENING..
we're killing the ESSENCE of our TODAY plugin.. why not just improve what we have instead..
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@famewolf.. i appcreciate the reply and the link.. thanks..
yes i know WNAIP.. i've participated on the beta testing of that app (tried it more than once).. and that's my point.. it is a LAUNCHER application.. it is not a today screen plugin..
using a LAUNCHER APPLICATION means, you need to START the LAUNCHER first, before launching your desired application.. it takes more time and RAM.. and it runs on FLASH.. and rendered in full screen makes it more slower to redraw.. and as far as i can see.. it IS an IPHONE springboard (the original iphone launcher interface) clone.. and i can say for most that it is starting to become SICKENING..
we're killing the ESSENCE of our TODAY plugin.. why not just improve what we have instead..
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YOu asked for:
there seem to be much of Touch/Finger Friendly apps looming around..
how about a Finger Friendly application launcher?
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I believe I gave you what you asked for. As far as a "today screen launcher" various solutions already exist..everything from the laucher built into batterystatus to claunch, the favorites in pbar..etc. I personally like my today screen just like it is showing my appointments and status of various things.
As far as the flash interface...all new PROVIDER rom's are going to start coming with adobe flashlite installed by default..the trend in future will be to use more flash based apps so you might as well get used to it at some point. Personally the "launcher" I like most is Microsoft voice command..hit a button and say "run xprogram" and it does.
Check out V2R. Think this is one company and product most of us here are not familiar
Tried it before. Pretty good. But I'm using iLauncher, so didn't want to add this in.
Can't you do a scrolling row of apps with SPB PocketPlus?
What you are looking for is UltimateLaunch:
http://www.ultimatelaunch.de/index_en.html
Other softs
You can use Vito winterface or panoramic launchpad (all are not free).
Vito : http://vitotechnology.com/vito-mobile-shell.html
Panoramic : http://www.panoramicsoft.com/mobileapps/launchpad/LaunchPad.php
Hope it will help.
That thread was 2 years ago @[email protected]
Very nice concept
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What you are looking for is UltimateLaunch:
http://www.ultimatelaunch.de/index_en.html
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+1 for UltimateLaunch
It's fast, smooth, light and highly customizable.
Take a look at iphonetoday
iphonetoday is a good one. light and easy to use and is being supported in XDA forum. Highly recommended.
im looking for a good today screen launcher...ive looked through tons and tons of pictures of today screens on here, and found a couple that look close to want i want, but i dont know how they did it.
im looking for an app so that my today screen is a launcher like the iphone/ipod touch kinda layout...
or like the programs folder but with a custom background.
ive used spb plus and clauncher but you cant use decenct quality icons, and there always small...
also...when i use a background image on my phone, it always adds a transparent white layer over top of it, how do i just make it my image?
The HTC Home plugin combined with the HTC Home Customizer is pretty widely used and allows for a lot of customization.
i installed that but i didnt have much time to play with it.
didnt like it that much, and i accidentally called a friend of mine at 1am...i think i hung up before it rang but im not sure
is there a way to do what im walking about with the htc home customization tool?
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i installed that but i didnt have much time to play with it.
didnt like it that much, and i accidentally called a friend of mine at 1am...i think i hung up before it rang but im not sure
is there a way to do what im walking about with the htc home customization tool?
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you could try something like wisbar advance desktop. you can create whatever icons you want or use the high quality ones already built in. check out my today screen here: link. i use it in conjunction with htc home as well
i got the htc customizer to get close to what i want.
i removed all the other tabs exept launcher.
is there a way to remove the bar under the icons?
and maybe add another row of icons?
the htc home plugin puts some weird icon on my taskbar to show battery charge but it looks really weird and removed my time/date :S
and it slows my phone down, smaller alternative?
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the htc home plugin puts some weird icon on my taskbar to show battery charge but it looks really weird and removed my time/date :S
and it slows my phone down, smaller alternative?
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Take a look at some of these, you may have to do a little work but you should be able to get what you want.
http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/viewforum.php?id=5
p.s. There is a reg edit for the battery icon/time/date issue. I will see if I can find the link.
Here it is - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=5108&highlight=reg+edit+cab
I love my today screen with the Sprint plugin (the one w/ 5 icons) but I would love it even better if there was a way to run it twice so I could have 2 sprint plugin bars w/ 5 icons each for a total of 10. Please let me know if this is possible, I have looked at other launchers but none of them are close to what I want, the sprint plugin is nice and simple!
not sure why you would want that but you could do it with Ultimate Launcher
No you can't run the same plugin twice, once it's activated, it cannot be opened again on the same screen.
This might do the trick. http://www.ppclink.com/?ppclink=product&do=view&id=64
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I love my today screen with the Sprint plugin (the one w/ 5 icons) but I would love it even better if there was a way to run it twice so I could have 2 sprint plugin bars w/ 5 icons each for a total of 10. Please let me know if this is possible, I have looked at other launchers but none of them are close to what I want, the sprint plugin is nice and simple!
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Just run a little Sprint Nav and then rltoday or similar.
You could get another row of links easy with a multitude of today plug-ins.
You could even just run Mortscript / MortButtons and get it going...you could get 8 rows of shiny icons to push.
Hacking and Dev, tons of stuff...
This just showed up today its called SecondToday. Heres the link: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-secondtoday.html
developer web site: http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_wm_tools_im_cs.htm#SecondToday
Have not used it yet so I can't really say if its good or crap but read the post on Freeware.
Hope this helps.
Peace
Ive seen and heard the device can be easily adjusted to my needs...
Im kinda wondering if i can remove the stocks and footprints from touchflo, and then add a newspaper widget for example, or a games/application menu.
Also, id like to use a real start menu instead of getting a list of icons when i press start.
Is this all changable?
anyone? is this hard to answer?
Is it possible with hacks/tweaks, or in settings, or not at all?
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Ive seen and heard the device can be easily adjusted to my needs...
Im kinda wondering if i can remove the stocks and footprints from touchflo, and then add a newspaper widget for example, or a games/application menu.
Also, id like to use a real start menu instead of getting a list of icons when i press start.
Is this all changable?
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You can do some of what you ask, but not all.
To remove tabs from the Sense UI, go to the Home page, click Menu, and select "Personalize Home Screen Tabs". You can re-order, remove and re-add tabs there. I don't have stocks or footprints either, as I have no need for them.
You can't (currently) just add a tab to the Sense UI. It's not widget based, so it isn't possible. It may become possible in the future, but I don't expect that to happen. You may be better off looking at something like PointUI Home. That's a FANTASTIC UI that is much more customisable than Sense. You can find out about that here.
Finally, the start menu is the windows start menu, so you're stuck with what you've got.... unless you try something like QuickMenu, which I used to use and would highly recommend. You can get that from here.
Hope this gets you closer to what you're after. Have fun
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You can do some of what you ask, but not all.
To remove tabs from the Sense UI, go to the Home page, click Menu, and select "Personalize Home Screen Tabs". You can re-order, remove and re-add tabs there. I don't have stocks or footprints either, as I have no need for them.
You can't (currently) just add a tab to the Sense UI. It's not widget based, so it isn't possible. It may become possible in the future, but I don't expect that to happen. You may be better off looking at something like PointUI Home. That's a FANTASTIC UI that is much more customisable than Sense. You can find out about that here.
Finally, the start menu is the windows start menu, so you're stuck with what you've got.... unless you try something like QuickMenu, which I used to use and would highly recommend. You can get that from here.
Hope this gets you closer to what you're after. Have fun
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wow that sucks alot.
I like the theme and eyecandy of SENSE UI, but not being able to add your own tabs sucks....ALOT.
I have not seen any other UI yet that is capable of bringing a similar high graphics and eyecandy experience.
Actually you can add your own tabs, but making a tab is not something that's easy.
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wow that sucks alot.
I like the theme and eyecandy of SENSE UI, but not being able to add your own tabs sucks....ALOT.
I have not seen any other UI yet that is capable of bringing a similar high graphics and eyecandy experience.
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Like I said, check out PointUI Home. It's VERY good.
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Like I said, check out PointUI Home. It's VERY good.
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ive seen iphone UI, point home UI, SPB shell....compare them to HTC sense...htc sense is alot better, but really lacks the "adding more tabs" function.
They could make sense UI such a success...but we are so limited with the functions of it now.
Think of it...
im making a own thread.
borgqueenx said:
ive seen iphone UI, point home UI, SPB shell....compare them to HTC sense...htc sense is alot better, but really lacks the "adding more tabs" function.
They could make sense UI such a success...but we are so limited with the functions of it now.
Think of it...
im making a own thread.
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You can make PointUI work exactly the same as Sense. You just need to spend time on it. Then, you will have a UI that looks and acts exactly like Sense, but you can add new tabs and widgets as you see fit.
It does do what you are asking, but you need to put time into it.
Anyway, as I've said to you in another thread, you really need to wait till you have the phone. You are asking lots of questions that you can't even try the answers for yet.
can a moderator lock this thread? i would like to continue this discussion in the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=610537
Anyone have tested or tried this applications?
Zeam,
DXtop,
Helix Launcher,
Helix Launcher 2,
Pro Launcher
Ahome,
Ahome Mini
Open Home,
Home++
Crazy Home
Sweeter Home
Better Home
Tag Home
PandaHero
NexusHome
Live! Home
GDE
Bingo! Home
Slidescreen
AdvancedLauncher
Launcher+
ADW Launcher
Which one work on Xperia X10?and which one is the best?
thx all
I use slidescreen pro, though I would use adw launcher or launcher pro if either of them worked on x10. Also, the slidescreen dev has apparently gone awal, doesn't bother me though, it works flawlessly for me
i still havent seen a launcher as fast as the stock one.
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I use slidescreen pro, though I would use adw launcher or launcher pro if either of them worked on x10. Also, the slidescreen dev has apparently gone awal, doesn't bother me though, it works flawlessly for me
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i'll watch the review from youtube...
There's a free version on the market to try out which I would definitely recommend before buying. It's very different from regular android. No widgets or shortcuts.
Of replacers that work on x10, zeam would be my second choice, its a bit sense-y. Though gets a but sluggish if you go a while without a reboot
Home++ is the best among the lot........try it.
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Home++ is the best among the lot........try it.
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zeam is good....
Tried almost all.My opinion is that Zeam & Home++ are best.And hide the blue taskbar that it doesnt suiys to my likes
Helix launcher runs fine for me. It's not bad and some people are saying that it actually conserves battery life if you use it. So you might want to look into that.
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Helix launcher runs fine for me. It's not bad and some people are saying that it actually conserves battery life if you use it. So you might want to look into that.
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yes i heard it, but still using zeam now...
What is wrong with the default one on X10?
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What is wrong with the default one on X10?
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Biggest disadvantage (for me that is), is that it only has 3 screens... I've been looking for an alternative the past few days (and so I found this forum), I think I'm gonna try the HelixLauncher Donut.
Will post when I've tested it for some time.
im running helix launcher since yesterday and my battery time has maybe doubled!!
Helix Launcher Donut HERE, the best i ever tested!
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Biggest disadvantage (for me that is), is that it only has 3 screens... I've been looking for an alternative the past few days (and so I found this forum), I think I'm gonna try the HelixLauncher Donut.
Will post when I've tested it for some time.
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I have one of the screens empty, one with the clock and timescpape and another one with 4 shortcuts and the widget with wifi/bt/gps.
How 3 are not enough?
Anyway, i'll give Helix a try, maybe will improve the battery life
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I have one of the screens empty, one with the clock and timescpape and another one with 4 shortcuts and the widget with wifi/bt/gps.
How 3 are not enough?
Anyway, i'll give Helix a try, maybe will improve the battery life
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After installing a bunch of apps, the menu isn't so useful anymore IMHO. So, I place shortcuts on the home screen, to have quick acces to my most used apps.
At the moment, I've got like 4 shortcuts to games, and shortcuts to apps like Market, Barcode Scanner, YouTube, ASTRO etc. Moreover, I want to have my agenda (SmoothCalendar) on my home screen as well. I had to remove the clock to have SmoothCalandar and TimeScape on the same screen...
There's just not enough space
DerManiak said:
After installing a bunch of apps, the menu isn't so useful anymore IMHO. So, I place shortcuts on the home screen, to have quick acces to my most used apps.
At the moment, I've got like 4 shortcuts to games, and shortcuts to apps like Market, Barcode Scanner, YouTube, ASTRO etc. Moreover, I want to have my agenda (SmoothCalendar) on my home screen as well. I had to remove the clock to have SmoothCalandar and TimeScape on the same screen...
There's just not enough space
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Well, excepting the widgets, how is helping you to scroll 5 times left or right looking for a shortcut instead of scrolling up or down?
Personally I have tried Panda, Crazy, Zeam, Helix... Probably a few more.
The first two are nice if you like applying full themes (icons, bars, different backgrounds). I liked the possibility to slide up/down between screens in crazy. But in the end, both these two apps slowed my system down too much.
Love the docker in Helix, but at the moment I prefer the 9 screens that Zeam offers. No, I don't slide 5x sideways a lot. But I've collected everything that I need at work on one screen, for training in another, home entertainment on the third, etc.
I have tried SlideScreen a bit, looks very different and professional. However, I couldn't find a way to use other email accounts than gmail, so I gave it up.
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Zeam for me.
Zeam - super light weight. HelixDonut had FC's once in awhile.